This is related to Kev's recently posted question. Bill the Lizard informed us that mods know who flagged a post, but does this include them? If a mod gets flagged, do they get to see who flagged them? Not that any of these wonderful mods would ever think of doing anything untoward, but you never know. Bill might suddenly lose his mind one day and, if I have to flag him, madness plus "modness" could equal mayhem.

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I can honestly say you have nothing to worry about, though. Even if we did something worthy of flagging, I think we're all mature enough to not try and get retribution against someone for flagging it. We were all chosen as moderators (many of us by community vote) at least in part for this reason.

Hopefully we are cognizant enough to not to try and take actions against ourselves and end up nuking our own content accidentally.
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TheTXIAug 21 '09 at 0:43

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No, no, no, it was probably some other random user.
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randomAug 21 '09 at 0:45

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If I put myself in the penalty box, I wonder if I still have the privileges to take myself out. Damn it, the curiosity is going to kill me!
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Bill the LizardAug 21 '09 at 0:47

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Bill: If you can't get yourself out, I'll let you out...in a few days...give me enough time to run amok.
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TheTXIAug 21 '09 at 0:52

@TheTXI: Okay, if I don't make it back, you're in charge. :)
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Bill the LizardAug 21 '09 at 1:00

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Okay, apparently the moderator tools are totally independent of reputation (I knew this already) and whether or not you're in the penalty box. I just suspended myself, then was able to lift my own suspension. Interesting side note: apparently being released from the penalty box automatically triggers a reputation recalc. :(
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Bill the LizardAug 21 '09 at 1:03

@Bill: Did you set a new record for "recalc ate my rep?"
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LeakyCodeAug 21 '09 at 1:08

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The epic question is what will happen if I try to merge TXI's and Bill's user accounts.
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Tom RitterAug 21 '09 at 1:10

Just to add to this, I did accidentally delete the wrong account once (I meant to delete their sock puppet account, open in another tab) and Jeff was able to restore it.
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Bill the LizardAug 21 '09 at 11:48

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I was deliberately not naming any names ;-p
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Marc Gravell♦Aug 21 '09 at 12:10

Seriously though, interesting question. I imagine they do because the assumption has been made if someone is a moderator they won't go around posting stuff that needs to be flagged and, if they did, they would act maturely.